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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Just popping in
today to share this adorable SVG file that Miss Cheryl at Creative Kuts was
giving away a few weeks ago. She is so generous. Every Monday she gives away a new
file and if you get it finished and posted by Friday she will send you a special
bonus file. I just love it!

So here is my fun turkey!!

So cute!! These would make great napkin and silverware holders at Thanksgiving too!!

Just love him!

I can't thank you enough for checking out
my project. It means the world to me and I hope you truly enjoyed it. May it
inspire you to create something wonderful! Scrappy Hugs!

Don't forget you have today and tomorrow left to enter my monthly challenge!!!

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Today I want to share another project I made when I attended the most amazing classes at Let's Get Creative taught by Suzy West. They were held at the Prima Outlet in Chino, California. I learned some (new to me) techniques and created some gorgeous layouts and this amazing canvas.

This 12x12 canvas includes distressing, both in inking and sanding. It is made using mostly Prima products. And it's going to look amazing on my wall.

I can't thank you enough for checking out my project. It means the world to me and I hope you truly enjoyed it. May it inspire you to create something wonderful! Scrappy Hugs!

Friday, October 24, 2014

In this hop we will be showing you many Disney themed projects while sharing with you about Rett Syndrome. If you have just stopped by my blog to visit with me, thank you and welcome, but please start at the beginning of the hop with our Hostess, Robin fromCreate-A-Latte. We would not want you to miss any of these wonderful projects.So, grab yourself a Latte', sit back and hop along with us as we share our projects with you.

October is Rett Syndrome Awareness Month, so I wanted to help get the word out and what better way to do that than with a blog hop.Rett Syndrome strikes without warning. A girl with Rett Syndrome usually starts out as a happy and healthy baby. Then something goes terribly wrong. She loses the ability to speak, she can't use her hands to play with toys, or to even feed herself, and she may lose the ability to walk. Despite their physical disabilities, girls with Rett Syndrome are believed to be functioning mentally at a much higher level than previously thought.Rett Syndrome is caused by a mutation of the MECP2 gene on the X chromosome. Rett Syndrome is found in all racial and ethnic groups throughout the world, and in every socioeconomic class. Rett Syndrome affects 1 in 15,000 female births.

*Symptoms of Rett Syndrome...Rett Syndrome is a genetic neurological disorder that affects girls between 6 and 18 months of age. This regressive disease leads to lifelong handicaps, including loss of speech and voluntary muscle control, and is often misdiagnosed as Cerebral Palsy or Autism. Symptoms range from mild to severe, and almost always include...*Developmental Regression or Plateau*Near constant hand clasping or wringing*Severe communication impairment*Breathing problems*Digestive issues*Floppy arms and legs*If able to walk, then with a shaky, unsteady gait, or toe-walking. But most do end up using a wheelchair for the most part.*Scoliosis*Seizures*Slowing head growth*Abnormal sleep patterns*Transient loss of social engagement *Poor circulation that can lead to cold and bluish arms and legs*Anxiety

Many individuals with Rett Syndrome live well into adulthood, although there are some that do not get that chance and end up losing their battle to Rett Syndrome at a very early age.Most people including Doctors are not aware of Rett Syndrome, so, please help me get the word out about Rett Syndrome and hopefully the more that know the faster we can help in finding a cure.For more information you can visit...http://www.rettsyndrome.org/

Now, are you ready for some blog candy??? We have a several wonderful and generous sponsors today...1. Lucy Kelleherwith Close to My Heart$10 gift certificate for Close to My Heart products with Lucy

The kit comes with an Album, a pack of Insta Pocket Pages, "Say Cheese" Journal Kit, and the "Say Cheese" Snap Pack.Without further ado...Our Disney Projects.If you know me, you know I love Mickey. And I love Disneyland. We have passes again this year and I can't wait to use this layout to showcase some of my photos.

I used an SVG file from Miss Kate. Isn't it cute! The layout is just cardstock. No patterned paper here. And I added faux stitching with a black pen. Hope you love it!

Be sure to head on over to....Maureen's Blogfor your next stop and see her wonderful project that she has made to share with you today.If you get lost along the way here is the entire line up for today's Blog Hop.

Thank you for hopping along with us today, I hope that you have learned something about Rett Syndrome and that you will help spread the word so that we can make as many people aware of this as possible. I also hope that we have inspired you to get your craft on.

Hello my creative friends, Connie here!! It's that time again! Time for me to
share my love of Kiwi Lane products with
you all. I hope I can inspire you to create fun projects using the templates we all love so much.

This month Kiwi Lane partnered up with Authentique. I love Authentique paper and couldn't wait to play with these two collections, Spirited and Believe. I was asked to create some cards this month. I love making cards and giving them out- especially when they are made with great papers and fun Kiwi Lane Templates.

I wanted to create fun 3-D cards that would stand out. And I think I succeeded. Let me know what you think. Up first is my Side Step Halloween Card using Authentique's Spirited Paper and Die Cuts along with Kiwi Lane Designs Templates:

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Thank you all so very much for hopping along and leaving us all some love!

Out of the many (and I mean MANY) comments that were made we only had 12 ladies that left comments on every single blog during the 2 day event. So each of them were given a number by me and now I am going to use the Random Number Generator to pull our 3 winners.

Up first....

Creative Kuts is giving one lucky winner a $10 gift certificate for their online
store.

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

If you didn't join us you missed the best hop ever! It was full of the most awesome Halloween projects. We had everything from cards to layout, home décor to treats.

I always find it interesting that some people will end up with less comments than others who are in the same hop. I'm not sure why this happens but this month I decided to start my Showcase which I will do sometime the week following my big blog hops I host. I will showcase projects that I feel are deserving of more attention or that I just can't get enough of. Sometimes we have personal issues happen and bloggers drop out at the last minute. Maybe you will see some of their projects too.

The projects chosen in no way reflect my favoritism over one person or another ( I am not like that at all). And are not based on talents in any way. I believe everyone is an artist and all projects are amazing! So hopefully we can all be happy and excited for those that are showcased.

So without further ado...here are this month's picks.

If you missed them the first time around, be sure to send them some love now.

What do you need to do to win? Easy... become a follower of each of the fabulous blogs in this hop and leave each of them a comment letting them know what you like best about their projects.

Then you can mash, then you can monster mash
The monster mash, and do a graveyard smash
Then you can mash, you'll catch on in a flash
Then you can mash, then you can monster mashYou will have until 12:00 am Monday to finish the hop and leave your comments.

Winners will be announced on Wednesday at Connie Can Crop.

Be sure to follow everyone and leave your spirited comments along the way!

Let's get this Monster Party started!

I have another delightfully spooky SVG file from Creative Kuts to share with you today.

Okay I know what you are thinking, that this isn't spooky at all! But look at that spooky spider and those webs! Yikes!! LOL! I just love the web frames and borders.

I love adding pop dots and inking to make my die cuts look more dimensional. This layout has so much great texture. I know it's hard to tell from the photos.

And I had to include a close up of the stars! This ghost and cat are all dressed up and ready for some serious Trick or Treats. I added Peachy Keen faces to them but this file does come with paper faces as well.

Thanks so much for checking out my project! I hope you have an amazing time going through day 2 of our projects! These ladies worked hard!!

The numbers generated by this widget come from RANDOM.ORG's true random number generator.

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